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Welcome to Mott ...

Mott is located in Siskiyou County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mott, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Mott is 3,180 feet [969 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Mott is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Mott lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mott: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Mott ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Mott - they are located in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mott.

Communities near Mott ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mott.

  • Mount Shasta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Weed
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Weed is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <4>
  • Dunsmuir
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Castle Crags ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Castle Crags is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Crags
  • McCloud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Castella
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sweetbriar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sweetbriar is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
  • Conant ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Conant is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
  • Flume ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Flume is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
  • Carrick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mott. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mott.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mott. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mott.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mott. See our Newspapers Page for Mott.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mott ...

Looking for more information about Mott? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mott, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mott.

Adding Mott to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mott in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mott was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mott post office opened in 1887. The Mott post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mott.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mott - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Mott area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Mott area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/